The Sudanese Doctors Network reported incidents of rape against displaced women from El-Fasher, accusing members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing them. A local official also accused those forces of bombing a kindergarten and a hospital in Kordofan State, resulting in the deaths of children.
A drone attack carried out by the RSF on the town of Kalogi in South Kordofan State, Sudan, killed dozens of civilians, including children, according to a local official quoted by Agence France-Presse on Sunday (December 7, 2025).
Issam Al-Din Al-Sayed, the executive head of the Kalogi Administrative Unit, told AFP via Starlink that the drone struck three times on Thursday — “first at the kindergarten, then the hospital, and returned a third time to bomb again as people were trying to rescue the children.” He blamed the RSF and its ally, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North, led by Abdulaziz al-Hilu, for the attack.
On Thursday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said the attack killed more than ten children aged between 5 and 7 years, while Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimated the death toll at around 79, including 43 children.
It is difficult to independently verify information from the Kordofan region due to access restrictions and ongoing insecurity.
Sheldon Yett, UNICEF’s representative in Sudan, stated that “the killing of children in their school is a horrific violation of children’s rights,” urging all parties to cease attacks and allow humanitarian access.
After RSF forces captured El-Fasher, the army’s last stronghold in western Sudan, at the end of October, they shifted their offensive eastward toward the oil-rich Kordofan region. The United Nations reported that more than 40,000 people were displaced from the area over the past month.
Analysts believe the RSF’s offensive aims to break the army’s defensive arc around central Sudan and pave the way to retake major cities, including Khartoum, which the army regained in the spring.
Since April 2023, the war in Sudan has caused tens of thousands of deaths, displaced more than 12 million people, and created what the United Nations describes as “the worst humanitarian crisis” in the world.
Documentation of Rape Incidents
The Sudanese Doctors Network reported on Sunday that it documented 19 cases of rape committed by the RSF at the Al-Afad camp in the city of Al-Dabba.
In a press statement, the network said, “Our team at the Al-Afad camp in Al-Dabba documented the rape of 19 women during their displacement from El-Fasher to Al-Dabba in northern Sudan by individuals affiliated with the RSF. Information indicates that two of the victims are pregnant and are currently receiving special medical care under the supervision of local medical teams.”
The network strongly condemned “the mass rapes carried out by the RSF against women fleeing the horrors of El-Fasher,” describing them as “a direct targeting of women and a blatant violation of all international laws that criminalize the use of women’s bodies as weapons of oppression.”
It added that “the continuation of such crimes reflects a dangerous escalation in violations against the most vulnerable groups,” stressing that “the international community’s silence on these heinous practices encourages their repetition and deepens their consequences.”
The network called on the international community, the United Nations, and relevant human rights mechanisms to “provide effective protection for women and children along displacement and transit routes, send independent fact-finding missions, and ensure safe access for humanitarian aid and medical teams.”
It also urged “serious pressure on RSF leaders to immediately stop these assaults, respect international humanitarian law, and secure safe corridors for women and children.”
Source: DW
